Halo: ODST is now dropping in for owners of the Master Chief Collection. Players who purchased and played the Xbox One collection before December 19 of last year are starting to get their codes for the remastered ODST campaign. Folks falling outside of that window will be able to purchase the campaign separately for… »5/30/15 8:26am 5/30/15 8:26am

Holding an online tournament requiring teams form parties to play against each other only works if the teams can form parties, and so the first round of ESL’s Halo Championship Series Open bracket was canceled over the weekend. »4/27/15 8:18pm 4/27/15 8:18pm

I'd been reading the latest patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection improved the game's notoriously bad matchmaking, so I decided to load up the game to see if this was actually true. »3/09/15 6:30pm 3/09/15 6:30pm

Remember how Microsoft was setting a beta test for a patch that would hopefully resolve many of the problems plaguing Halo: The Master Chief Collection? Well, that beta was pushed back and then cancelled altogether. The "content update" is still coming but will only be tested internally now. »2/09/15 3:39pm 2/09/15 3:39pm

"Flinch," or the penalty of your aiming reticle getting moved up when shot, has long been a controversial feature in the Halo games. But that flinch animation that players have been noticing in Halo 5's beta will soon be removed, according to 343's Josh Holmes. »12/30/14 1:00pm 12/30/14 1:00pm

There are tons of updates in development studio 343's latest patch for the buggymultiplayer modes in the Xbox One's month-old Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Just how effective those are, however, is a bit hit or miss, according to my and some other players' experiences. »12/08/14 5:15pm 12/08/14 5:15pm

The ability to create and tinker with custom maps in the Halo series was first introduced in Halo 3's Forge mode. Players went wild with it, creating all sorts of maps and introducing new gameplay rules to go along with it. »11/19/14 5:30pm 11/19/14 5:30pm

Halo: The Master Chief Collection has a so-called "mystery" achievement, whose description is simply "inscrutable, mysterious." The way to unlock it might seem totally arbitrary (and kinda lame), but it actually ties into a story from Halo's distant past. »11/13/14 7:00pm 11/13/14 7:00pm

One of the major overhauls 343 planned for Halo: The Master Chief Collection was in upgrading Halo 2's cutscenes. And Blur Studios, the team responsible for remastering them, did a wonderful job. »11/11/14 1:45pm 11/11/14 1:45pm

There's a new trend that seems to be affecting the world of shooters. It's not enough to simply have powerful guns, challenging levels and enemy formations, and a balanced space to play with others competitively. These days a shooter has to have movement, even a level of grace, to stay competitive. And Halo 5 seems to… »11/11/14 10:00am 11/11/14 10:00am

It might not be an FPS, but 343 Industries just announced it's got something Halo-related in the works. IGN reports the studio is planning to release a new twin-stick shooter called Halo: Spartan Strike in December. It's a follow up to last year's Spartan Assault, and is only confirmed for Steam and Windows platforms.»10/15/14 1:45pm 10/15/14 1:45pm

Halo: Master Chief Collection would—in theory—be a perfect point of entry for PC gamers who've missed out on the series over the years. So why is it, for now, Xbox One-only? And could that change? »9/18/14 6:00pm 9/18/14 6:00pm